the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The breeding of special stocks or races.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The breeding of special stocks or strains.
Word Usage
"And in the time to come, when the brain ceases to be the servant of the belly, the head the lackey of the heart, in that time stirpiculture, which is scientific perpetuation, will take the place of romantic love."